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Starcraft 2: "Well sometimes you don't even listen to me!"

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  • fadingathedgesfadingathedges Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I've got one I've got one.

    "You can play Terran but you can't use the dish washer."



    Also I'm pretty sure it was Tyler.

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    My post was in reference to that line, ohno :P

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  • fadingathedgesfadingathedges Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I know that's why mine was funny.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Awesome, I got incontrol to say "I like Poop"

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  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Variable wrote: »
    what is the joke there

    The joke is that a 5 range, slow-ass unit that drunkenly wobbles around and blocks it's own path is not a good counter to a 15 range stationary target that rains down death.

    But Immortals are fantastic against Roach and decent vs. Marauder so they are still useful, just not for what they were designed for.

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I would love it if Immortals were fast enough to swarm.

    And they would advance upon their targets, crawling all over them.

    Crushing them.

    Suffocating them.

    Then your Zealots charge in and slice em all up.

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  • SpaffySpaffy Fuck the Zero Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Saaruto wrote: »
    Spaffy,

    I saw game 1 vs the Terran. To be honest, the timings for your opening could have been tighter, but that isn't a huge issue. I like going Gateway, Core, then Robotics first, just to get that quick observer (or possibly rush to colossus). I also like to suicide a probe up to see what's going on. If I had seen the probe die to a bunker full of marines/marauders, I would expect banshee play and get two observers just to be safe. How the probe dies is often a tell of what the terran is doing. Also, you were trying to do too much off of one base towards the end there. 4 gates, robo (with robotics bay), and a twilight? You could have taken that expansion so easily and gotten way ahead and managed to get Colossi to crush him. The support bay was mostly unused. Also, it doesn't hurt to poke around and pressure him a little. Make sure you get vision of the high ground with the observer, and lump your forces outside of his vision. Quickly dart in and take a few shots and back off. Try not to just a-move your forces in a conga line, it gets them killed pretty fast. And one last thing...FORCEFIELDS. You need to get a bigger sentry number. Forcefields are crucial to holding off strong one base attacks as well as turning a battle in your favor. The forcefield also allows you to run away :). Next time, just play a PvT with expanding in mind, and you should be able to support 4gates + colossus quite easily.

    Thanks for the advice. I'm at work, so I can't check the replay, but if I remember correctly in that game I was (or at least, at the time I thought I was) behind in units but ahead in economy and was worried a push would wipe me out if I tried to expand, so I tried to tech a little instead. Should I have just gone for the expo instead?
    3rd game: I saw a few places you could have pushed in after killing his 2nd hatch and won. It's really hard to see them in game, though.

    Was that the game where he had a few spines? Spines scare the shit out of me for some reason, far more than a few cannons would in PvP. I always feel like it's not worth the unit losses required to take them out unless I pull back and mass up - should I just have powered in?

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    iNcontrol's stream's the best for banter and general entertainment.

    Catz's stream is the best for going "How in the hell did that actually work?" every 10 minutes or so.

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Damn justin.tv not working for me. I've resorted to posting on their help forums. Hopefully not in vain.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    HuK streaming.

    Obligatory bad music included.

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Yeah I jumped to HuK but now he is playing a Game That Is Not Starcraft.

    Maybe I should ladder for a bit.

    Where are those 1 base collosus replays, Dhal?

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  • EzekielEzekiel Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Damnit scheduled maintenance, why ya gotta ruin my evening?

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    I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the air settle on you and all the beasts of the earth gorge themselves on you. I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh. - Ezekiel 32: 4-6
  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Ezekiel wrote: »
    Damnit scheduled maintenance, why ya gotta ruin my evening?
    Uggghhhh

    I was actually going to ladder.

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Catz was talking about "patch notes that you can't find anywhere" on his stream.

    Insider information, I guess? Something about improving corruptor damage against void rays and decreasing it against colossi.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Wait what? Maintenance? fuck that. how long is it going for?
    Seguer wrote: »
    Yeah I jumped to HuK but now he is playing a Game That Is Not Starcraft.

    Maybe I should ladder for a bit.

    Where are those 1 base collosus replays, Dhal?

    i put them up you butthole

    ill post them again.

    http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=188700

    http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=188697

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Mine just says it is waiting for a connection. Nothing about scheduled maintenance but it is Tuesday.

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  • EzekielEzekiel Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Wait what? Maintenance? fuck that. how long is it going for?

    7.5 more hours.

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    I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the air settle on you and all the beasts of the earth gorge themselves on you. I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh. - Ezekiel 32: 4-6
  • EzekielEzekiel Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    kedinik wrote: »
    Catz was talking about "patch notes that you can't find anywhere" on his stream.

    Insider information, I guess? Something about improving corruptor damage against void rays and decreasing it against colossi.

    Shirley you can't be srs.

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    I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the air settle on you and all the beasts of the earth gorge themselves on you. I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh. - Ezekiel 32: 4-6
  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Ezekiel wrote: »
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Wait what? Maintenance? fuck that. how long is it going for?

    7.5 more hours.

    fuck my life

    i guess i'll play some Civ IV or something

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  • peacekeeperpeacekeeper AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    i read a thread on tl earlier that there was a patch on sea and it was just a bunch of bugs fixed that were tested on the ptr

    na is down for maint there was a warning about it when i logged on like 30mins ago i got 1 quick yabot in then it booted me

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I -think- I got my stream working smoothly. as in the game runs smoothly while the stream is on, which was a problem.

    I'll test when I can actually jump into an online game.

    for now I think I'm gonna watch some replay packs since I never do that.

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Ezekiel wrote: »
    kedinik wrote: »
    Catz was talking about "patch notes that you can't find anywhere" on his stream.

    Insider information, I guess? Something about improving corruptor damage against void rays and decreasing it against colossi.

    Shirley you can't be srs.

    Supposedly, changing their attack from "+6 against massive" to "+4 against armored".

    A little disturbing because they're such an inefficient counter to colossi already, but now they should actually beat VRs for cost.

    e: And don't call me, surely.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    So basically I will never go storm against Zerg again....

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    does anyone want to play some brood war on iccup in a bit? im about to have dinner but i might try it

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Corruptors are bad against Colossi?

    I always see them snipe them pretty well. I mean,they are no Vikings (hahahahahahah 9 range hahahahaha) sure, but they are decent!

    edit: I think that post above me was stolen from an earlier post D:

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Is it just me, or did that post invoke de ja vu?

    EDIT: The spammy one, not Klyka's (though it is pretty common ;))

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Its a bot farming forums for google page ranking.

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  • peacekeeperpeacekeeper AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    is sea down too?

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Its a bot farming forums for google page ranking.

    Even bots want to get out of Bronze.

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Klyka wrote: »
    Corruptors are bad against Colossi?

    I always see them snipe them pretty well. I mean,they are no Vikings (hahahahahahah 9 range hahahahaha) sure, but they are decent!

    edit: I think that post above me was stolen from an earlier post D:

    Corruptors deal garbage damage but have a lot of health. They take forever to kill colossi unless you build a lot of them. Which takes a lot of money / psi / larva -> even weaker ground army.

    So, often you're left with a lot of corruptors versus a bunch of stalkers when big fights wind down. It's a hard balance to strike.

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  • SpaffySpaffy Fuck the Zero Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Klyka wrote: »
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    Its a bot farming forums for google page ranking.

    Even bots want to get out of Bronze.

    The bot gave me more advice than you guys :(

    j/k, thanks to the two bros who helped me out.

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  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    kedinik wrote: »
    Klyka wrote: »
    Corruptors are bad against Colossi?

    I always see them snipe them pretty well. I mean,they are no Vikings (hahahahahahah 9 range hahahahaha) sure, but they are decent!

    edit: I think that post above me was stolen from an earlier post D:

    Corruptors deal garbage damage but have a lot of health. They take forever to kill colossi unless you build a lot of them. Which takes a lot of money / psi / larva -> even weaker ground army.

    So, often you're left with a lot of corruptors versus a bunch of stalkers when big fights wind down. It's a hard balance to strike.

    This always seems to be okay for me, I just retreat the corruptors while respawning my whole frigging army. Then try and use them to scout if he's making more collosiseseseses or switching to immortals. If it's the latter then I might get a few replacement corruptors, if the latter then moar hydras. Even if they do go for the immortals, then the corruptors are pretty useful for gunking them up for quicker sniping.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    does anyone want to play some brood war on iccup in a bit? im about to have dinner but i might try it

    just finished eating, any takers?

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  • SeguerSeguer of the Void Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    just finished eating, any takers?
    I can't even remember the last time I had SC:BW installed on a computer of mine, lol.

    I also just realised.

    I used to play Terran in BW (but I almost never laddered - only played at LANs etc).

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  • kedinikkedinik Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Campy wrote: »
    kedinik wrote: »
    Corruptors deal garbage damage but have a lot of health. They take forever to kill colossi unless you build a lot of them. Which takes a lot of money / psi / larva -> even weaker ground army.

    So, often you're left with a lot of corruptors versus a bunch of stalkers when big fights wind down. It's a hard balance to strike.

    This always seems to be okay for me, I just retreat the corruptors while respawning my whole frigging army. Then try and use them to scout if he's making more collosiseseseses or switching to immortals. If it's the latter then I might get a few replacement corruptors, if the latter then moar hydras. Even if they do go for the immortals, then the corruptors are pretty useful for gunking them up for quicker sniping.

    Yeah yeah, it's kind of necessary to just expect this and be ready to re-max.

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  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Every game with protoss is the same with me. If I let him get more than say two collossi, then it's into army trading territory. If I hit him early enough with a decent sized roach ball, then I can take the match there and then. This is completely dependent on how shitty my macro has been in the match.

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    The cornerstone of winning against a Protoss is denying their third while keeping your own and possibly taking a fourth. Taking the fourth is not as important as denying their third, though.

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  • stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ^

    You never want to play against a protoss with that kind of income. Never ever good times.

    With the colo I would tend to try scout it coming and manage to have corruptors in large enough numbers that they could take out the colo fast enough. You really want to have the fight before they have more than 3 or so though.

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  • peacekeeperpeacekeeper AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    i cbf finding my bw cd's and installing and learning everything in it i'm bad enough at sc2

    is the ptr up i wonder

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  • EzekielEzekiel Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    peacekeeper wrote: »
    i cbf finding my bw cd's and installing and learning everything in it i'm bad enough at sc2

    is the ptr up i wonder

    No but Sc2 is updating. ...and bnet is back up.

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